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Old 11-11-2003, 08:32 PM   #1
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newbie w/ lt modem driver


I have downloaded and unzipped the ltmodem file into /root/temp. It created the files ltmodem.o, ltinst and ltuninst. I was getting an error "cannot create regular file:" "no such file or directory". I then copied ltmodem.o to /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/misc, which got rid of one error, but now I get the error "insmod: ltmodem: no module by that name found". I tried to run minicom anyway, using /dev/ttyS1 as the modem location and it will pretend like it is dialing out, but there won't be any dialing on my phone line.

Being a newbie, I am not sure where to even start. I have just been taking guesses at how to install the drivers and am not sure how to test the modem or where to go from here. Thanks for the help.
 
Old 11-11-2003, 08:39 PM   #2
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"I tried to run minicom anyway, using /dev/ttyS1 as the modem location and it will pretend like it is dialing out, but there won't be any dialing on my phone line. "

First, find out where your modem is. Use minicom to send ATZ to /dev/ttyS0 through /dev/ttyS7 and see which one answers "OK".

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Old 11-11-2003, 08:53 PM   #3
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Start over clean. Remove the entire ltmodem directory then untar the driver again and start fresh.

From inside the ltmodem directory you only need to issue three commands. If any of the three fail then something is wrong and you need to post the error. The commands are:
./build_module
./ltinst2
./autoload

That's it. If you get any errors post the errors.

NOTE: ./build_module you will have to read alot of info and press <Enter> several times before it finishes. When it's done you should do a ls and see symlinks to your new modules, yes there are 2 modules, lt_modem and lt_serial.
 
Old 11-12-2003, 08:47 AM   #4
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"First, find out where your modem is. Use minicom to send ATZ to /dev/ttyS0 through /dev/ttyS7 and see which one answers "OK"."

I apologize for my newbieness, but how to I set up minicom to this? I have found all the settings, but I don't know how to ATZ to a particular device.

Thanks again.

I will try to re-install and start over clean as well.
 
Old 11-12-2003, 09:11 AM   #5
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Actually after you run the commands I mentioned above you will have a device /dev/ttyLT0. This is your modem device and there should be a couple symlinks /dev/modem -> /dev/ttyLT0 /dev/ttySLT0 -> /dev/ttyLT0 NOTE: That if you are using the devfs then the device will be /dev/tty/LT0.

So to make your modem work you should use either /dev/modem with most dialers or /dev/ttySLT0 is for wvdial.
 
Old 11-12-2003, 09:03 PM   #6
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Bin/Bash:

After reading your post i went back to my computer and looked at what I had been doing. I noticed that I had 4 files that unzipped from the file I downloaded, none of them being any of the files that were in your post. So I thought well maybe I got the wrong one. I went back to linmodems and found other fiels (not sure where I got the zip file). I downloaded the rpm file for my kernel which is redhat 2.4.20.8..... I typed rpm -i lt*.rpm and there were some errors, but when I tried to run it again to see the errors again said package already installed. Any suggestions of where to go from here.

Thanks
 
Old 11-13-2003, 01:29 AM   #7
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Could you post the errors.

An alternative method would be to build the modules yourself. It's really easy.

Install your kernel-sources rpm.
Download the driver from here.
Unpack and install the driver:

tar xzvf ltmodem-8.26a9.tar.gz
cd ltmodem-8.26a9
su
./build_module
./ltinst2
./autoload

Thats it. You should have devices in /dev

/dev/modem -> /dev/ttyLT0
/dev/ttySLT0 -> /dev/ttyLT0
or if using devfs
/dev/modem -> /dev/tts/LT0
/dev/ttySLT0 -> /dev/tts/LT0

Use /dev/modem for most applications /dev/ttySLT0 is for wvdial compatibility.
 
Old 11-13-2003, 05:21 PM   #8
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Here are some of the errors I receive whiel running ./build_module, I would have posted the BLDrecord.txt, but I couldn't figure out how to get the file from linux to windows(which is hooked up to my working modem).:

The first error is: "utils/scanmodem: line 1: gcc: command not found"

The next is: "ls: /usr/src/linux: No such file or directory"
third from ./conf-reports.txt: "configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH"

I don't know if these are substantial errors, but I don't see the ltinst2 file you mentioned so I am assuming there is a problem.

Thanks for any help that can be given.
 
Old 11-13-2003, 05:35 PM   #9
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"utils/scanmodem: line 1: gcc: command not found"
You need to install the gcc package.

"ls: /usr/src/linux: No such file or directory"
You need to instakk the package kernel-sources.
 
Old 11-13-2003, 07:52 PM   #10
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You are a good person /bin/bash: it works.

thanks for your help.
 
Old 11-14-2003, 12:24 PM   #11
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You are welcome. HTH.
 
  


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